Rule 250-4-.02. Apprentice Registration. Amended

1. (1) An apprentice must be currently registered with the Board in order to receive credit for time served as an apprentice. An applicant for registration as a funeral service apprentice must:

   1. (a) be at least 18 years of age;
   2. (b) at a minimum, is a high school graduate or holder of a General Education Development (GED) certification of high school equivalency;
   3. (c) file an application on a form available from the Board; this application must be verified by oath and be accompanied by the registration fee. This application shall ask questions regarding the applicant's conviction of a felony or misdemeanor and violations or sentences under the First Offender Act.
   4. (d) designate the specific funeral director and/or embalmer under whom the applicant will be apprenticing. The supervisor must be approved by the Board as specified in Rule 250-4-.05;
   5. (e) designate the specific establishment in the State of Georgia at which the applicant will be apprenticing. The establishment must be approved by the Board as specified in Rule 250-4-.05 and must have conducted an average of at least thirty (30) funerals per year over the preceding five (5) years; and
   6. (f) submit an application for registration at least fifteen (15) business days prior to a Board meeting, and the Board's acceptance or rejection of each application shall be by majority vote of the entire Board. An application for registration shall be viewed only after it is complete.

Note: Correction of a recently discovered non-substantive typographical error in subparagraph (b) as requested by the Board, "at a minimum, be is a high school graduate or holder of a General Education Development (GED) certification of high school equivalency;" corrected to "at a minimum, is a high school graduate or holder of a General Education Development (GED) certification of high school equivalency;" (i.e., deletion of the word "be"). Effective August 5, 2021.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 43-1-19; 43-1-25, 43-18-23, 43-18-50, 43-18-51, 43-18-54.

History. Original Rule entitled "Computation of Service as an Apprentice; Reports" adopted. F. May 3, 1973; eff. May 23, 1973.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Serving of Apprenticeship" adopted. F. Dec. 18, 1991; eff. Jan. 7, 1992.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Registration" adopted. F. Mar. 22, 1993; eff. Apr. 11, 1993.

Amended: F. Dec. 4, 2015; eff. Dec. 24, 2015.

Amended: New title "Apprentice Registration. Amended." F. July 19, 2017; eff. August 8, 2017.

Amended: F. Oct. 16, 2018; eff. Nov. 5, 2018.